Los
Angeles Job Corps, operated by the YWCA Greater Los Angeles, partners with
other local education and training facilities to enrich and strengthen training
opportunities and provides off-center training. Examples include: Culinary
Arts, Child Development, Electronics, Cable Instillation Program, Medical
related classes such as X-ray Technician and Medical Office Clerk
Families play an important role in
socializing children. Families are a structure where children learn survival
skills and learn how to solve problems. In caring for and nurturing your
children, there are a number of values you can instill, skills you can teach
and behaviors you can model as part of sexual abuse prevention.
Communication with your children about
sexual abuse and how to minimize the risk is the key to a healthy and safe
environment.
Parents did you know…
1 in 3
Girls will be sexual assaulted before they turn 18 years old.
1 in 6 Boys
will sexual assaulted before they turn 18 years old.
80% of perpetrators are known, liked and trusted by the children they assault.
Use This Information to Start the Conversation with Your Children...
·Any contact with private parts is wrong. Make clear to your
child that no one is permitted to touch his or her private parts
(penis/vagina/anus/breasts), and they should not touch an adult's private
parts.
·He/she
has the right to say no.
Your child should know that his/her body belongs to him/her and he/she has the
right to say no to anything that makes him/her feel uncomfortable.
·Improper
touching is not the child's fault. Your child needs to know that if anyone touches their private
parts, or asks the child to touch theirs, it is not the child's fault.
·Sexual contact should not be kept as a secret.
If anyone touches your child sexually and/or makes them feel uncomfortable, tell
someone, there no are secrets when it comes to safety and well-being. Even if someone says “Let’s keep this our
secret”, or threatens to harm family, pets or love ones.
Children need to know the following:
“Trust
your instincts”
It’s not okay for an older
child or adult to make you keep a secret. If someone wants you to keep a
secret, always tell someone.
One
reason the Los Angeles Job Corps Program works is the individualized treatment each student
receives upon entering the program. As soon as a student enters the program,
they are assigned a dedicated Career Manager who remains with them throughout
all phases of career training as well as transition into their career and
independent living.
Research shows that a staggering percentage of young
people suffer learning-loss and acquire unhealthy eating habits during summer
break. Young people can lose more than two months of progress in reading
achievement over the summer, 1 out of 3 children in the United States are
overweight or obese, and millions of youth go without healthy, nutritious meals
over the summer months.
As the school year comes to an end, it’s often assumed
that weight gain will not be a concern with the warm summer weather enticing children
to get outside and play. In actuality, weight gain is greater in the summer
than during the school year. Why? Without the structure that school provides,
many children have time to lounge around and raid the fridge and cupboards
while parents are at work.
With childhood obesity on the rise, summertime is the
perfect opportunity for parents to keep children active and eating healthy.
Here are five simple ways to combat childhood obesity in your home during long
summer days:
1.Assess
the snacks in your fridge and cupboards. Throw out unhealthy snacking options
and replace them with ready-to-eat fruits and vegetable to make it easier for
children to make good choices.
2.Have
children join you on grocery trips so you can look at healthy options together.
3.Go
on family walks after dinner.
4.Encourage
your child to be more active throughout the day by setting small goals or challenges.
For example, set challenges like, “how many stairs can you take today?”
5.Don’t
completely eliminate treats. Instead, set limits such as only one cookie rather
than a whole plate.
Implementing simple, concrete goals is the most effective
way for parents and their children to adopt healthier lifestyles and survive
the warm summer months without experiencing a setback in their health and
wellness.
*Contributed by YWCA Greater Los Angeles Youth Services
